File for prescriptions.



No. 664,432. Patented nee. 25,4900.

H. Jerrsns. FILE F03 PRESCRIPTIUNS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. l

HARRY IRWIN J EFFERS, OF ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI.

FILE FOR PRESCRIPTIONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 664,482, dated December 25, 1900. Application filed May 12, 1900. Serial No. 16460. KNO model-l To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, HARRY IRWIN J EFFERs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Aberdeen, in the county of Monroe and Stateof Mississippi, have invented new and useful Improvements in Files for Prescriptions, doc., of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and improved means for filing prescriptions or other papers, of securing the same together in book form, and of holding the books in such manner that any particular page or prescription can be readily referred to without having to loosen or separate the papers of the file.

The nature of my improvements will be readily understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, whereon Figure l is a perspective view of what I term my temporary file and binder,7 part of which is broken away in order to more clearly illustrate the same. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my cabinet and ile or bookholding device, and Fig. 3 a perspective view in detail of my file and binder.

The file proper consists of a rod of iron or other material a and a piece of Wire b, the latter having its central part or body c lying parallel with the rod a, to which it is connected by eyes d d', the said eyes being formed by bending the outer portions of the wire around the rod. The free ends of the wire are eX- tended through the space between the rod and wire body and carried forward in parallel lines, the extreme ends being bent upward, as shown at e e', to receive the prescriptions or other papers to be preserved.

The prescriptions or papers are secured on the iile described by a strip of tin or other material f, having perforations h h', adapted to receive the ends of the wire le, which ends are next bent down over the strip f, and thus the parts are secured and the papers or prescriptions bound together in book form, as stated.

The Iile described may be used as a temporary binder in connection with a pad or board A, (see Fig. 1,) in which case the rod a is made to engage a pair of eyes or staples t' z", connected with said pad or board, the prescriptions or papers being held on the file by an ordinary spring-actuated clip B.

The books when completed are removed from the pad or board by withdrawing the rod ct from the staples and eyes, the said rod serving to hold the book on an endless band C, which is provided with transverse pockets or grooves 7a for the reception of same. The width of the band is less than the space between the eyes d d' of the file in order that the rod a may project at each side, and thus form bearings from which the file is suspended.

The endless band C is adapted to operate over a pair of rollers Z Z', which are journaled in the sides of a rectangular frame D, the latter arranged to operate on a pair of slides mm', which are longitudinally secured within the top and bottom of a cabinet E, so as to be moved to the right or left thereof, leaving the unoccupied space for the reception of the temporary le.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A ile for prescriptions and other papers, comprising a wire having a straight body, or center, eyes formed at each end thereof and arms projecting in parallel lines from said eyes, the ends of the arms bent at right angles, as described, in combination with a rod adapted to tit within the aforesaid eyes, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a file for papers, the combination of a rod,'a wire provided at each side of its center with eyes adapted to receive said rod, the two ends of the wire projecting through the space between the rod and body of the wire and having their ends bent at right angles, as described, and means for holding the file, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination in files for papers, of a rod, a wire having its central part pivotally connected therewith by a pair of eyes, the ends of the wire projecting outwardly therefrom and bent as described, with an endless band having transverse pockets adapted to receive the aforesaid rod, a pair of band-rollers and a rectangular frame.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of April, A. D. 1900.

HARRY IRWIN JEFFERS.

Witnesses:

GEO. J. LEE'rwIoH, W. A. BEAN. 

